The star is an early-stage dwarf star ... s light as the planet passed in front. Dozens of stars show signs of hosting advanced alien civilisations The world’s mass and size suggest it is ...

Previous observations suggested that Ceres was less than 30% ice, and its craters were thought to imply that the dwarf planet ...

but it's big and spherical enough to be classified as a dwarf planet, just under half the size of Pluto. It's also quite an interesting oddball. It's the only dwarf planet closer to the Sun than ...

Astronomers have asked the public to help name a minor planet in our Solar System discovered in 2007. The dwarf planet, which orbits the sun beyond Neptune, has since been referred to as (225088 ...

The discovery highlights the complexity of star and brown dwarf formation. Scientists remain unsure about the precise transition between giant planets and brown dwarfs, and this new configuration ...